Lisa Hoffman, coach & consultant, shares her five tips for effective board development. Among her tips, Lisa emphasizes the need for ongoing recruitment, approaching accountability with grace, and developing a culture of appreciation between the board and staff. 

This workshop explores what it takes to expand and sustain a blend of support from individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies. 

Panelists discuss how to integrate business considerations into planning for mission strategy, resources, and performance. 

Persuading board members to take an active role in fundraising efforts can be a major goal for many nonprofits. 

How can nonprofits plan for revenue growth and diversification? Nancy Osgood answers quick questions on this topic.

This program's panel includes nonprofit founders, who lived through the start-up process to tell us all about it, and an attorney, who covers legal and procedural requirements you need to consider.

Debra B. Natenshon, the Chief Executive Officer at The Center for What Works at the Rensselaerville Institute, answers common questions about how to collect and use outcome data. 

Debra B. Natenshon, the Chief Executive Officer at The Center for What Works at the Rensselaerville Institute, answers common questions about how to collect and use outcome data.  

Debra B. Natenshon, the Chief Executive Officer at The Center for What Works at the Rensselaerville Institute, answers common questions about how to collect and use outcome data.   

"You have to know who else is already doing it. How are they doing it? How can you do it better?" Two nonprofit organizations share their experiences as startups.

Lester Salamon offers an overview of the current state of America’s nonprofit sector, examines the forces shaping its future, and identifies changes that might be needed.

Mario Morino discusses critically important conversations every nonprofit board and leadership team should have about high performance, courageous leadership, performance culture, innovation, and merit-based funding.

In this excerpt, R. Nancy Albilal, the Vice President for Development here at The Foundation Center, helps you to understand what an outcomes-based approach is all about, and how to implement this approach to make your organization stand out from the crowd.

R. Nancy Albilal, the Vice President for Development here at The Foundation Center, helps you to understand what an outcomes-based approach is all about, and how to implement this approach to make your organization stand out from the crowd.

In this excerpt, panelists discuss each step of event planning, including identifying the goals of your event,selecting a theme, choosing a venue, assembling a planning committee with staff and/or volunteers, using your event as an annual marketing tool, and more.

Panelists discuss each step of event planning, including identifying the goals of your event,selecting a theme, choosing a venue, assembling a planning committee with staff and/or volunteers, using your event as an annual marketing tool, and more.

In this short segment, Ivy Fairchild, Chief Development and Communications Officer at Urban Health Plan, leads a conversation on how a nonprofit organization can conduct needs assessments, design and plan programs that respond to critical needs, and monitor and assess changes brought about by the programs they provide.

Ivy Fairchild, Chief Development and Communications Officer at Urban Health Plan, leads a conversation on how a nonprofit organization can conduct needs assessments, design and plan programs that respond to critical needs, and monitor and assess changes brought about by the programs they provide.

Four panelists share advice to help you develop and implement strategies for using social media and mobile technology, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and text-to-give programs. 

Tom McLaughlin, author of Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances, answers questions about joint programming.

Our expert speakers share their insights on how an organization can monitor and assess change both within itself and in the sector and world as a whole, and prepare action plans that use the organization's strengths to take full advantage of the opportunities found in challenging situations.  

Paul Konigstein of Mission First Finance explains each staff member's role, ranging from the twelve ways every executive director should be involved in the organization's finances, to the three things every receptionist should do. 

Tom McLaughlin, author of Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances, answers questions about mergers and acquisitions.

Is your emerging nonprofit organization facing management hurdles it cannot yet handle? A nonprofit incubator could offer your group assistance with getting off the ground.